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Vaccine
Vaccine: a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins or one of its surface proteins. The agent stimulates the body's immune system to recognize the agent as a threat, destroy it, and recognize and destroy any of these microorganisms that it later encounters.
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SEP 21, 2021Immunology
One in five hospitalized COVID-19 patients go on to develop autoantibodies—immune molecules that mistakenly target ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 21, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
New findings indicate that individuals who survive COVID-19 infections, even mild ones, have a significantly elevated ri ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 20, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus, which is a type of virus that can write its genetic material into th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2021Health & Medicine
As treatments and infection control practices surrounding COVID-19 continue to evolve, nanotechnological solutions are b ...Written By: Christopher DiMaioSEP 14, 2021Immunology
You share an elevator with an individual who is coughing and sneezing, only to find yourself feeling unwell a few days l ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 13, 2021Genetics & Genomics
A genome contains instructions for making genes, and when an organism needs to produce proteins, it transcribes a gene s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2021Microbiology
Scientists are beginning to speculate about the possibility that the flu season this year will be particularly bad becau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Pathgenic microbes that infect cells can affect each other. It's not unusual for people with viral respiratory infection ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2021Health & Medicine
New research may have identified a potential treatment or preventive medication for SARS-CoV-2 and other viral infection ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2021Technology
Every day, researchers are making progress on therapeutics that could help end the COVID-19 pandemic. The FDA recently a ...Written By: Ryan VingumSEP 09, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 136 people die from an opioid overdose every ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizSEP 07, 2021Health & Medicine
Vaccination and new treatments for diseases have remained topics of skepticism since their inception. When it came to an ...Written By: Christopher DiMaioSEP 06, 2021Microbiology
HIV vaccines have remained elusive in part because the virus has a powerful ability to mutate, and there are so many str ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2021Immunology
The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has helped save countless lives during the pandemic. Studies have shown that vac ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 01, 2021Microbiology
It's been generally assumed that people who get infected with SARS-COV-2 will develop antibodies to the virus, which cau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2021Health & Medicine
Consider yourself among the luckiest if you made a full recovery from infection with SARS-CoV-2, especially if you were ...Written By: Alexandria BassAUG 26, 2021Cancer
Cancer patients have a higher risk of developing severe symptoms from a COVID-19 infection. Many cancer pati ...Written By: Katie KokolusAUG 24, 2021Health & Medicine
Myocarditis has been linked to sudden cardiac death in young, healthy athletes and smallpox, influenza, hepatitis B, and ...Written By: Alexandria BassAUG 24, 2021Immunology
An exploration into the human immune response after a COVID-19 infection has revealed a surprising finding: women produc ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 20, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have identified two antibodies that can protect animals from diseases caused by alphaviruses, which are RNA ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 20, 2021Health & Medicine
The rate of viral spread and high mortality demanded a quick response to COVID-19. As such, pre-existing drugs wer ...Written By: Christopher DiMaioAUG 19, 2021Health & Medicine
Trials of COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson have suggested that the vaccines are safe for ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2021Health & Medicine
The historic scientific breakthrough of vaccination has prevented lifelong disability from Polio, scarring from Mea ...Written By: Christopher DiMaioAUG 16, 2021Health & Medicine
New research suggests that the Delta variant is more infectious than the original COVID-19 virus.Written By: Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
SEP 21, 2021
Immunology
One in five hospitalized COVID-19 patients go on to develop autoantibodies—immune molecules that mistakenly target
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 21, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
New findings indicate that individuals who survive COVID-19 infections, even mild ones, have a significantly elevated ri
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 20, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus, which is a type of virus that can write its genetic material into th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2021
Health & Medicine
As treatments and infection control practices surrounding COVID-19 continue to evolve, nanotechnological solutions are b
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
SEP 14, 2021
Immunology
You share an elevator with an individual who is coughing and sneezing, only to find yourself feeling unwell a few days l
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 13, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
A genome contains instructions for making genes, and when an organism needs to produce proteins, it transcribes a gene s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2021
Microbiology
Scientists are beginning to speculate about the possibility that the flu season this year will be particularly bad becau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Pathgenic microbes that infect cells can affect each other. It's not unusual for people with viral respiratory infection
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2021
Health & Medicine
New research may have identified a potential treatment or preventive medication for SARS-CoV-2 and other viral infection
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2021
Technology
Every day, researchers are making progress on therapeutics that could help end the COVID-19 pandemic. The FDA recently a
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
SEP 09, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 136 people die from an opioid overdose every
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
SEP 07, 2021
Health & Medicine
Vaccination and new treatments for diseases have remained topics of skepticism since their inception. When it came to an
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
SEP 06, 2021
Microbiology
HIV vaccines have remained elusive in part because the virus has a powerful ability to mutate, and there are so many str
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2021
Immunology
The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has helped save countless lives during the pandemic. Studies have shown that vac
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 01, 2021
Microbiology
It's been generally assumed that people who get infected with SARS-COV-2 will develop antibodies to the virus, which cau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2021
Health & Medicine
Consider yourself among the luckiest if you made a full recovery from infection with SARS-CoV-2, especially if you were
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
AUG 26, 2021
Cancer
Cancer patients have a higher risk of developing severe symptoms from a COVID-19 infection. Many cancer pati
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
AUG 24, 2021
Health & Medicine
Myocarditis has been linked to sudden cardiac death in young, healthy athletes and smallpox, influenza, hepatitis B, and
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
AUG 24, 2021
Immunology
An exploration into the human immune response after a COVID-19 infection has revealed a surprising finding: women produc
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 20, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have identified two antibodies that can protect animals from diseases caused by alphaviruses, which are RNA
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 20, 2021
Health & Medicine
The rate of viral spread and high mortality demanded a quick response to COVID-19. As such, pre-existing drugs wer
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
AUG 19, 2021
Health & Medicine
Trials of COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson have suggested that the vaccines are safe for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2021
Health & Medicine
The historic scientific breakthrough of vaccination has prevented lifelong disability from Polio, scarring from Mea
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
AUG 16, 2021
Health & Medicine
New research suggests that the Delta variant is more infectious than the original COVID-19 virus.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt